WOOD, John Jacob, a Representative from New York;
born in Clarkstown (now New City), Rockland County, N.Y., February 16, 1784;
town clerk of Clarkstown 1809-1812;
inspector of schools in 1815, 1823, 1829-1831, 1835-1836;
elected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829);
again inspector of schools 1829-1831, 1835-1837;
surrogate of Rockland County in 1837;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1846;
died at New City, Rockland County, N.Y., May 20, 1874;
interment in Old Wood Burying Ground.